{"id":1105,"date":"2026-08-18T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acute-tahr-ugmr.flyinghost.app\/holzfassade-arten-laerche-thermoholz\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T07:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T05:35:31","slug":"holzfassaden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hecker-holzbau.com\/en\/holzfassade-arten-laerche-thermoholz\/","title":{"rendered":"Timber cladding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wood fa\u00e7ades are for me one of the most beautiful ways to give a building character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I especially like wood when it also looks like wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sawdust surfaces, different widths, or natural graying can give a building a very calm and high-quality effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wood changes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, one must be aware of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An untreated wooden facade does not remain the same as it looks on the first day. Sun, rain and weathering change the surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wood turns grey \u2013 and that\u2019s completely normal for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, depending on the orientation of the building, this happens at different speeds. Areas protected remain dark for longer, while more heavily weathered surfaces turn grey more quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone who wants a more uniform finish from the outset can therefore work with pre-coated or corresponding coated surfaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hecker-holzbau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/237fb470-1822-4263-8dda-84f41b34cfea-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Warehouse with Douglasian facade and gable roof\" class=\"wp-image-289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hecker-holzbau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/237fb470-1822-4263-8dda-84f41b34cfea-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hecker-holzbau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/237fb470-1822-4263-8dda-84f41b34cfea-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hecker-holzbau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/237fb470-1822-4263-8dda-84f41b34cfea-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hecker-holzbau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/237fb470-1822-4263-8dda-84f41b34cfea.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The design is more important than the color<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But when it comes to a wooden facade, I\u2019m not just interested in how it looks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is much more important is how it is built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Water must be able to flow through. The wood must be ventilated. We need sensible details on the sills, windows and roof edges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If that is true, a wooden facade can sometimes get wet. It just needs to be able to dry again afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is exactly what constructive wood protection is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hecker-holzbau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/403d489f-50c3-4794-827a-47851f645075-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"View from below of an open roof structure made of Douglas fir plywood\" class=\"wp-image-277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hecker-holzbau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/403d489f-50c3-4794-827a-47851f645075-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hecker-holzbau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/403d489f-50c3-4794-827a-47851f645075-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hecker-holzbau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/403d489f-50c3-4794-827a-47851f645075-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hecker-holzbau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/403d489f-50c3-4794-827a-47851f645075.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wood facade does not mean a country house<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A wooden facade can look very traditional, but it can also fit well with modern architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vertical, horizontal, open, closed, natural or coated \u2013 there are many options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Especially in renovation projects, a new wooden facade can completely transform a building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For me, it\u2019s important that the whole thing ends up being calm and that the details aren\u2019t unnecessarily complicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wood can age. Wood can change. When it is properly constructed, that is exactly what it is meant to do.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materials, design, and what is important when planning and maintaining them.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":290,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energetische-sanierung"],"acf":[],"permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hecker-holzbau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hecker-holzbau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hecker-holzbau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hecker-holzbau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hecker-holzbau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1105"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hecker-holzbau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1556,"href":"https:\/\/www.hecker-holzbau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions\/1556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hecker-holzbau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hecker-holzbau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hecker-holzbau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hecker-holzbau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}